Chapter 1883 Determining the situation, bloody battle in the desert (2)
As Mituer waved the lance in his hand forward, he immediately galloped out on his horse. Suddenly, there was an overwhelming roar of cheers all around. The approaching Wanqi Tata'er riders galloped forward, taking the lead. They rushed towards the enemy troops who had already taken up their positions directly opposite.
Although the scene of tens of thousands of galloping cavalry is terrifying to look at, it is not enough to make the soldiers in the array fearful to the warriors of the Qi Dynasty's army who have experienced battles for a long time. On the contrary, holding a pair of irons in his hands Meng Bangjie, who was wearing a wheel and an ax, was sitting in the middle of the formation. When he looked at the movements of the Tatar cavalry on the opposite side, he thought in his heart: What do those Gan Tatars want to do? Is it to forcefully push them away because of the large number of cavalry? A road? How can this help?
Originally, he endured dormancy for a period of time under the rule of Liu Yu and the puppet Qi, and then he rose up to join the Xiao Tang Dynasty to conquer the traitors. Meng Bangjie, a man who was generous and righteous, could easily have a friendly relationship with a group of heroes who gathered for justice. He recognized Xiao Tang as his master, and now he has obtained the important position of Infantry Commander in the Qi Dynasty Palace. This was an official position that Meng Bangjie never thought he could win. Xiao Tang wanted to defeat all his ministries in this battle. The majesty of the military had a deterrent effect on other Mengwu clan and Wei tribes. Didn't Meng Bangjie hold his breath to fight a good battle and prove in front of his lord that he was indeed capable and live up to his heavy responsibility of promotion?
Among the massive Tata cavalry on the opposite side, there were already riders taking up their bows and arrows, trying to shoot a hail of arrows at the tight enemy formation on the opposite side. The infantry formation led by Meng Bangjie The powerful crossbowmen of each team had also rushed past the heavy armored infantry arrayed in front, and then settled down. However, they had to rush into the firing range before the Tatar cavalry who were charging towards them at full speed. , have all raised their crossbows. Meng Bangjie's tongue was like spring thunder, and it seemed like he was giving another order. Immediately, there was a fierce sound of clasping the crossbows, and the crossbow arrows, as dense as locusts, gathered in one place and emitted a shrill sound that could shatter a person's eardrums. Po Feng Sheng also immediately struck forward from the Qi army's infantry formation with a flat shot.
It is different from using bows and arrows to shoot, interweaving in the air into cloud-like rain of arrows, and shooting down overwhelmingly towards the enemy. The crossbow arrows fired by the divine arm bow suddenly seemed to be in between the formations of both sides. They gathered together into an afterimage with a straight trajectory. Before the Zhijiao people had time to take a first look, the Tatar cavalry that was rushing in were turned upside down, with the wailing of the riders, the mournful neighing of the horses, and a series of The sound of the sharp blade tearing flesh and blood and the muffled sound of heavy objects falling and rolling instantly became one!
Clusters of sharp wolf fang arrows with extremely strong penetrating power shot through the galloping horses. However, before the mounts could fall over and roll over, the Tatar warriors riding on the horses were immediately covered in wounds. The shot penetrated countless bloody holes. Thousands of knights, including men and horses, were shot into sieves. They fell and rolled one after another. Suddenly, thousands of riders had no time to release the arrows that were already hanging on the strings. They fell dead on the grassland.
In less than a moment, the green grassland was strewn with the corpses of Tatar warriors. Some of the riders could only cover their wounds from arrows and shout out, even if they avoided the vital parts of their bodies. There was a heart-rending wail. Mutur, who was the first to lead a group of cavalry in a galloping charge, obviously did not expect that the power of the crossbows of the Southern Dynasty army was so powerful. The damage caused by this round of arrow strikes to the sons of his own tribe was also huge. It was far beyond my expectation. From this point of view, I still had to withstand two or three rounds of strong crossbow strikes from the opponent, and then collide with those large spears and spears that were covered in heavy armor and lined up as cold as a forest. The casualties will inevitably be more severe, and it may not be able to overwhelm the enemy's infantry formation blocking the road ahead.
However, this kind of life-filling cavalry group attack style was not a tactic that the Mengwu tribe and Wei tribe were usually good at using.
Mutur cursed fiercely, and then immediately ordered the other Tatar riders to continue to rush forward. At the same time, the cavalry formation gathered in one place was divided into two, trying to gather the cavalry formation from the front.
The left and right wings galloped over. Different from the Jurchens' common tactics of using repeated hard attacks to deplete the enemy's strength and morale, when the Mongols and Wei tribes on the grassland usually clashed, they would first avoid confronting the enemy.
Instead of engaging in close combat, they use their flexible mobility to fire arrows at the enemy from all directions like a storm, and then flee away. Or they may pretend to flee, luring the enemy to pursue them, and the process may even last for many days.
Repeat the process of running and shooting, and annihilate scattered enemies one by one.
What's more, according to Mu Tur's thinking, almost all of the Qi Dynasty troops arrayed on the opposite side were infantry. Even if the crossbows of those guys had an amazing range, they were not as close as the cavalry on the grassland.
Being flexible and mobile, and then attacking with arrows from all directions, the guys have to gather in formation. Failure to react in time when turning around will inevitably lead to a rout. Even now, I am afraid that it is too late to break up the formation of these guys and kill them one by one.
Annihilation, but at least it is enough to teach the large number of Tatar tribesmen in the rear to continue to break through from this direction and escape to the east!
At this time, Xiao Tang, surrounded by a group of followers, urged his horse to climb up the slightly raised hill in the desert. First he saw wind and dust rolling up in the distance, murderous aura rising, and there were also light cavalry military schools coming and going to report the war.
However, Xiao Tang couldn't help but think of the description of the common tactics used by the people who conquered countless countries on the Eurasian continent with their bows, arrows and horses according to their original trajectory:...A battle in the field with good positions, but no benefit.
If you don't advance, you can know the strength of the enemy between movement and silence. Surrounded by hundreds of cavalry, you can cover up thousands of people. Thousands of cavalry can spread out and cover hundreds of miles.
5, 5, 4, 5. Don’t gather together to be surrounded by the enemy. Move forward at a large pace and keep your cavalry divided. If the enemy is divided, the enemy will be divided. If the enemy is united, it will be united. Therefore, the cavalry will rush forward, whether it is far or near, more or less.
They gather or disperse, come out or disappear, come like falling from the sky, go like lightning...
Later, the Mongolian tribes made good use of the so-called "Mangu evil" tactics. The core elements are still attacking the enemy from a long distance; continuing to harass; and trying not to allow the enemy to fight back.
It seems that these three points of opportunity have indeed taken shape in this era, but compared with the military tactics that Genghis Khan later formulated based on the characteristics of the grassland peoples who were good at mobile warfare, taking the tactics adopted by the Tatar tribe as an example,
The changes in tactics used by the Mongols and Wei tribes in the desert were not very flexible...
Now is also the time to use the tactics used by Genghis Khan when he conquered the Mongolian tribes in the unified grassland to annihilate the large army gathered by the Tatar tribe in one fell swoop.
After Xiao Tang thought in his mind, he immediately sent orders to the sergeants to give orders. After a while, the roar of drums and horns was heard everywhere on the grassland, the sound of hoofbeats suddenly rose, and the sound of galloping horses like thunder could be heard everywhere.
It was like a surging frenzy, and the military orders that Xiao Tang and Xiao Jiasui had received when they dispatched troops and horses according to their previous plans quickly moved...
At the same time, Mituer continued to lead the horsemen of the Tata'er tribe under his command to gallop hard. The roaring crossbow arrows were still coming like a waterfall, and the horses kept neighing and rolling forward.
He fell down, and the riders on top were instantly swallowed up by the surging tide. Fortunately, most of the riders could still continue to rush forward to the left and right sides. Mutur was about to order the cavalry to surround the enemy in front.
When he set up his formation, bowed his horse and fired from all directions, and struck with a dense rain of arrows, he suddenly felt a strange movement on the grassland.
When Mu Tuer immediately raised his head and looked around, when he saw the frenzied movements rolling up from both sides of the enemy formation in front, not only did his expression change, but a look of fear could not help but flash from his eyes.
